Attachment for wheels of motor-vehicles.



0. ROUSSEA'U. ATTACHMENT FORWHEELS 0F MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FIVLEDAUG. 15. I918.

1,289,005. Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

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oNEsIME ROUSSEAU, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ONESIME ROUSSEAU, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigam have invented certain new! and useful Improvements inAttachments for Wheels of Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying'drawings.

My invention aims to provide an attachment for automobile wheels, bywhich the wheels of an automobile or self-propelled vehicle may beextricated fromruts, holes, and such difficult places where the power ofthe vehicle is not suflioient, or road conditions so bad that thevehicle cannot extricate itself. e

The attachment is in the form of a cable spool that may be easily andquickly attached to one of the rear drive wheels of an automobile andwiththe cable of the spool attached to a tree, poster other stationarybody, the power of the automobile may be employed to .wind the cable onthe spool and thus pull the automobile out of a diflicult position. Thecable spool includes an auxiliary hub that may be permanently attachedto the spokes of a wheel over the ordinary hub, particularly whentouring or making a trip on an unknown road. The cable spool per 86, canbe readily carried as an automobile accessory and'its attachment to theaux iliary hub may be quickly accomplished in a manner that will includeany slippage of the spool or accidental displacement when power isappliedtothe same. e

, My invention 7 will be hereinafter specifically described and thenclaimed,'and reference will now be had to the drawings, .Wherein' Figure1 is a perspective view of the rear portion of an automobile, showingone of the wheels thereof provided with the attachment; 7 I

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view of an automobile wheelprovided with the attachment;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the auxiliary hub devoid of the cablespool;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cable spool, asordinarily carried, and

Fig. 6 1s a s1d ation of one of the members of the s The spool comprisesan outer disk shaped ATTACHMENT ron WHEELS or MOTOR-VEHICLES.

or dished member 1. The member 1 has a central hub portion 2 providedwith a plurality of radially disposed teeth 8 and a central opening 4:,said'teethbeing disposed on the inner face of the hub portion 2so as toeither enter notches 5 of an auxiliary hub 6 or opening 7 of adetachable inner spool member 8, which is also dished similar to theouter member 1, so as to cooperate therewith in providing an annulargroove adapted for holding a cable, chain or flexible member 9,

wound on the spool with the inner 'convolu-' Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Dec. 24,1918. Application filed August 15,1918. SerialNo. 249,973. I

The auxiliary hub 6 is adapted to inclose the ordinary hub 11 of a wheel12 havingspokes '13, said auxiliary hub having a perlpheral inengagement with the outer spool member 1 1, as shown in Fig. 5, thuspermitting of the spool being readily handled as a unitary structure andcarried about the automobile for emergency purposes. By removing the nut17 the screw bolt 16 can be tapped or screwed into the outer end of theauxiliary hub 6, as shown in Fig. 2, thus allowing the outer spoolmember 1 to cooperate with the auxiliary hub 6 in providing a spool orannular cable way on whiohthe cable 9 may be wound. In some instances,after the nut 17 is removed, the inner spool member 8 may be left inengagement with the outer spool member 1, since the teeth 3 projectsufli- This may be desirable when it is only necessary to use a shortlength of the cable for the purposes for which it is intended.

In the actual practice of my invention, the

inner spool member 8 will be removed and V the free endof the cable 9carried to and attached to a stationary support. The outer spool member1 will then be attached to the in operation, the cable 9 wi1l be woundupon the spool to pull the automobile rearwardly and thus remove itsimpeded wheel or Wheels to solid ground where progress may be made. Oncity streets or goodroads Where no trouble may be experienced, theauxiliary spools are carried as an accessory.

One embodiment of my invention hasbeen illustrated, but it is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible to suchvariations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

7 What I claim is':' o

1. The combination with an automobile wheel, of an auxiliary hubattached thereto, an outer spool memberadaptedto be attached to saidauxiliaryhub to cooperate therewith in providing aspool, ac'ablerattached to said outer spool member, anda detachable inner spoolmember adapted-to I ing' said cable wound on said spool when 2 not inuseQ v v V 2. A wheel extrlcat ng device comprlslng i a hub adapted forattachment to a wheel hub 6 may be removed and it is only for emergencypurposes that the detachable to be rotated thereby, an outer spoolmember adapted to be attached to said hub, a cable 3 attached to saidouter spool member, and

adapted-to be wound between said hub and said outer spool member, andmeans adapted gto be attached to saidouter spool member to cooperatetherewith'in maintaining'a Wound '3 cable in engagement with said outerspool member when detached from said hub.

In testimony whereofI atfix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses. v

ONE'SIME ROUSSEAU,

Witnesses:

ANNA M. Dorm, i CHAS. W; STAUFFIGER.

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